When You’ll get your first Payment

When you can get JobSeeker Payment is based on your situations. There might be some waiting durations that impact how soon you can get your first payment.

What you require to do before you get paid

You’ll require to finish your preliminary tasks and report your income before we can make your very first payment. Read about brand-new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you’ll make money

For the most part, you’ll get your very first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You may need to wait if any waiting periods use. Once your payment starts, we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We determine the waiting period that uses to you when we examine your claim. The time it takes us to assess your claim does not impact your waiting period. You can anticipate to speak with us within 21 days of submitting your claim.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can examine your completed claim online. Check in now to learn:

– when we’ve accepted your claim.

– when your payment will begin

– when you need to report your income

– when your first earnings report is due.

Check in to myGov

You’ll require to report your income before we can make your first payment.

Why you may have to wait

Some people will have a one week common waiting period. In some circumstances, you may have to wait for your very first payment.

You have savings or other cash

If you or your partner have liquid properties over certain limitations, you might have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid properties are any funds readily offered to you or your partner. This includes money owed by your or your partner’s employer. Read about liquid assets waiting durations.

You got a lump amount payment when you finished work

If your company paid you a lump sum as either:

– yearly leave

– a redundancy when you left.

The time you have to wait is relative to the swelling amount payment. Read about income upkeep durations.

You recently completed seasonal work

If you or your partner ended up seasonal, contract or periodic work in the 6 months before claiming. The time you need to wait depends on how much you made and employment for how long you were working. Check out the seasonal work preclusion duration.

You’re new to Australia

If you’ve just recently arrived in Australia as a resident, you might have to wait approximately 4 years to certify. Read about the newly shown up citizen’s waiting period.

You’ve had a payment

If you’ve had a lump sum compensation payment. The time you have to wait depends upon how much your lump amount payment is. Use our settlement estimator or phone us on your routine payment line for information about your payment preclusion period.

We have tips and tools for budgeting and managing your money during this time.

What you require to do to get your first JobSeeker Payment, just how much you’ll get and who to contact about shared responsibility requirements.

You might need to wait on a week before your payment begins. We will let you know when you declare if this uses to you.